Temie Giwa-Tubosun was visiting Nigeria for the first time in 13 years when she realised blood is a big deal.
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This story was originally reported by Edward McAllister, Editing by Anna Willard for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Until recently baobabs were only tapped for local use but in a major business shift a small network of producers and suppliers has pushed the fruit’s profile abroad
Taerou Dieuhiou has been shinning barefoot up baobab trees in Senegal’s southern Casamance region to collect the oblong fruit since he was 15.
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From flying cars to smart houses, shining utopias to interstellar worlds, there are many ways to imagine the future. Science fiction and fantasy genres have long been used to explore the different ways humanity could exist, whether it be an alteration of the present day, a couple of years from now, or centuries ahead. When we speculate about the future, it’s not just a matter of what we imagine, but who we imagine.
Afrofuturism combines science fiction and fantasy with...
As the new Global Goals start to sink in, it is exciting to appreciate how they are linked to some wisdom that has been passed on for many generations through African proverbs. Here is a sneak peak in to some of our favourites!
In Africa today there is a steadily rising number of young businessmen and women who are building successful, fast growing companies. Here at ONE we’re especially interested in those using their business acumen to help solve critical socio-economic problems. Check out our top 7.
Meet Amleset, Adissalem and Elsabet, three of the women who make our new Raven + Lily's bracelet - with beads made from bullet casings. The workshop on Entoto Mountain in Ethiopia primarily employs at-risk, HIV-positive women.
African smallholder farmers are the people that feed Africa - but struggle to feed themselves. How is this possible? We’ve put the top three findings into share graphics to help visually break down this phenomenon and make it easy for you to learn the facts and share them on social media.